Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Santa goes virtual in pandemic hit Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - An enterprising Santa Claus has given himself the mission of saving Christmas in Spain by sending video messages to children who are unable to meet the man himself this year because...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
French President Macron's condition is 'stable', presidency says
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's condition is stable and the results of a medical examination reassuring, the French presidency said on Saturday in an update on his bout of coronav...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Click, then drive: Last-minute U.S. holiday shoppers do curbside pickup
By Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many U.S. holiday shoppers, wary of going into stores during the latest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, went from their computers, phones or other devices to thei...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Moderna, McKesson and U.S. Army general ready to roll out new COVID-19 vaccine
By Joseph White and Lisa Baertlein DETROIT/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. distribution of a second COVID-19 vaccine, from Moderna, is ready to start shipping to more than 3,800 sites this weekend, vastl...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Explainer-U.S. government hack: espionage or act of war?
By Jan Wolfe and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies has led to heated rhetoric from lawmakers, with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin calling it "virtually a dec...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Biden to introduce team tasked with ambitious climate agenda on Saturday
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to publicly introduce his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will be tasked with advancing his ambit...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
China says tailed U.S. warship in Taiwan Strait
SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military tailed a U.S. warship as it passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, the Chinese military said, denouncing such missions as sending "flirtat...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
Portugal's Costa to self-isolate over Christmas after lunch with Macron
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa will self-isolate for 14 days, spending Christmas at his official residence, after meeting earlier this week with French President Emmanuel M...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
French modelling agent who knew Jeffrey Epstein placed under investigation
PARIS (Reuters) - Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime French modelling agent who knew the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, was placed under investigation and remanded in custody, the office of the Paris prosec...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
China issues national security rules on foreign investment
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China published rules on Saturday for reviewing foreign investment on national security grounds, potentially broad measures that it insisted did not amount to protectionism. The r...
Thomson Reuters Dec 19, 2020
